“An Evening of Opera Scenes” is the new year’s treat from the California State University, Bakersfield Singers Opera Theater on Friday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Doré Theater.

CSUB music professor Peggy Sears, who will direct and narrate the scenes, is excited about the program. “We have some familiar faces – audience favorites from ‘The Gypsy Baron’ (CSUB’s production of Johann Strauss’s popular comic opera that played to full houses Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2003) – and some exciting new talent. Plus we’ll be performing favorite scenes from some of the world’s most popular operas.”

Additionally, the performance will feature two mother-daughter debuts: Sears’s daughter Sara Kean will be singing, as will Leslie Roberts (she was in the cast of “The Gypsy Baron”) and her daughter Michelle Roberts. Both Michelle Roberts and Kean are among the new talent to appear on the CSUB stage.

Sears also said that Bakersfield native and recent University of Southern California graduate Elizabeth Heinrichs will perform and help with the production. Sears said Heinrichs is a new member of the voice faculty at CSUB.

CSUB music professor Charles Badami will provide piano accompaniment, Roger Upton will provide costumes, and CSUB theater professor Ray Finnel will do lighting and set design.

Admission is $10 general admission, $5 students and seniors. Tickets are available in advance by calling Sears at 664-2168, or at the box office the evening of the performance. The box office opens 30 minutes before curtain time.